Comment on Review of a Couple of Brands of Sprinkler Timer / Watering Timers by Ferdinand L.

Some Options for Sprinkler TimersHello Bob, I’ve had the same battery problem as the others. Came back from a 9 day trip to find my heirloom tomato raised bed overflowing – the unit failed with one valve open. Low battery light was on and new batteries started a constant whirring until just moments later the low battery light came on again. I can see inside the zone 1 outlet that there is som black piece of plastic or rubber peeking out between the green housing and the valve gate. I think it makes the valve stuck open, the unit tries to close until batteries are low. I used this unit the last half of last summer and all this summer til now. Unless I can get inside to fix, it’s a loss. I purchased for $35, not too bad for almost 2 summers, but now I see the price is $55 – $60… I’ll let you know!

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Vigoro 3015V Sprinkler Timer Internals and Valve Design Jon, Thanks so much for this. You’re quite good at determning how things work, graphical representation, technical description (and tearing things apart!). So, I’m curious: did this unit fail due to blockage of the restricted flow passage, unseating or …

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